VOL. 56, BOOK 1, PART B, 2018, pp. 271 – 284 Full text (En)
Author: Yana Rowland
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
In this paper I explore Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s first ever 10 poems, composed [c. 1812–1814]. These initial poetic attempts suggest the emergence of the young writer’s cultural awareness of time and space in relation to her growing sense of duty. I stress the importance of the element of boundary as part of the poetess’ self-conscious narrative representation of selfhood as a communal phenomenon, of which the rest of the poems she wrote in 1814 inform, as they also provide keys to deciphering the poetess’ mature ontological orientation.
Key words: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, child, time, space, duty, selfhood
